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form verb

  /fo(ː)ɹm/ , /fɔɹm/ , /fɔːm/ , [fo̞ɹm]
  • (transitive) To give (a shape or visible structure) to a thing or person.
muotoilla, muodostaa, muovata
  • (transitive, linguistics) To create (a word) by inflection or derivation.
muodostaa
  • (transitive) To constitute, to compose, to make up.
muodostaa, muodostua

form noun

  /fo(ː)ɹm/ , /fɔɹm/ , /fɔːm/ , [fo̞ɹm]
  • A blank document or template to be filled in by the user.
lomake, kaavake
  • The shape or visible structure of a thing or person.
muoto
  • (grammar) A grouping of words which maintain grammatical context in different usages; the particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech.
muoto, sanamuoto

formative adjective

  /ˈfɔɹmətɪv/ , /ˈfɔːmətɪv/ , [-ɾɪv]
  • (education) Of a form of assessment: used to guide learning rather than to quantify educational outcomes.
formatiivinen, oppimisen
  • (linguistic morphology) Pertaining to the formation of words; specifically, of an affix: forming words through inflection.
formatiivinen, sanojen muodostukseen liittyvä
  • Of or pertaining to the formation and subsequent growth of something.
kasvu-, kehitys-, muovaava
  • (biology) Capable of producing new tissue.
kudosta muodostava
  • Capable of forming something.
muotoaja

formative noun

  /ˈfɔɹmətɪv/ , /ˈfɔːmətɪv/ , [-ɾɪv]
  • A language unit, typically a morph, that has a morphological function (that is, forming a word from a root or another word).
formatiivi
  • A thing which causes formation to occur.
muotoaja
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